An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . the house of the Christianclerk, and appeal to his generosity to get me set at liberty. Shetakes these, in three baskets, to the Christians house, and asksthe people there, Where is the Mallim Hanna, the clerk ?They answer, There he sits. She says to him, O MallimHanna, do me the favour to receive these, and obtain the libera-tion of my husband. Who is thy husband ? he asks. Sheanswers, The fellah who owes a thousand piasters. Bring,says he, twenty or thirty piasters to bribe the Sheykh
An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, written in Egypt during the years 1833-1835 . the house of the Christianclerk, and appeal to his generosity to get me set at liberty. Shetakes these, in three baskets, to the Christians house, and asksthe people there, Where is the Mallim Hanna, the clerk ?They answer, There he sits. She says to him, O MallimHanna, do me the favour to receive these, and obtain the libera-tion of my husband. Who is thy husband ? he asks. Sheanswers, The fellah who owes a thousand piasters. Bring,says he, twenty or thirty piasters to bribe the Sheykh goes away, and soon returns, with the money in her hand,and gives it to the Sheykh el-Beled. What is this? says theSheykh. She answers, Take it as a bribe, and liberate myhusband. He says, Very well: go to the Nazir. She retiresfor a while ; blackens the edges of her eyelids with kohl; appliesfresh red dye of the henna to her hands and feet, and repairs Thus vulgarly pronounced for Ewad. * A description of this will be found in a subsequent chapter, A kind of paste, resembling A SUA EK, WITH HIS ACCOM IAN ^ I N<, VIOLIST, AND PART OF HIS ALDUCNCE. Lanes Modern Egyptians] lFat;e 359 RECITERS Oh ROMANCES. 359 to the Nazir. Good evening, my master, she says to him. What dost thou want? he asks. She answers, I am the wifeof Awad, who owes a thousand piasters. But what dost thouwant ? he asks again. She says, My husband is imprisoned;and I api)eal to thy generosity to liberate him : and as she urgesthis request, she smiles, and shows him that she does not ask thisfavour without being willing to grant him a recompense. Heobtains this ; takes the husbands part; and liberates him.—Thisfarce was played before the Basha with the view of opening hiseyes to the conduct of those persons to whom was committed theoffice of collecting the taxes. The puppet show of Kara Gyooz has been introduced intoEg)pt by Turks, in whose language the puppets are made tospeak.^
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